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ACT-I Swearing-In Whispers SCENE 01 EXT. MINISTERS HOUSE. MOTILAL NEHRU MARG. NEW DELHI. LATE NIGHT. Mid-shot of the gate of a large compound. A nameplate in a deep version of sarkari blue is embedded in the red-brick wall. It reads ‘A RAJA’ in Hindi and in English. A brass plaque above it reads 2-A Motilal Nehru Marg. Lights flicker over the gate, a car honks. The gates are pulled open and a white Scorpio enters, followed by a white Ambassador. Both vehicles halt, there is a slamming of car doors. INSERT TITLE CARD: MAY 22, 2009 01:45 AM. CUT TO: INT. MINISTERS HOUSE. MOTILAL NEHRU MARG. NEW DELHI. SAME TIME. A RAJA (male, 46) enters his house, along with his key aide RK CHANDOLIA (male, 53) who folds hands and takes his leave as other staff greet him. A RAJA walks on picking out two phones from his front pocket. He looks at the phone in his left hand, as if reading an SMS. He presses the call button on it, moving towards a sofa set, while looking at the messages on his other phone. FEMALE VOICE Hello? A RAJA Raja here. HOLD FRAME: VOICE OF GOD NARRATOR(V.O.G.) A RAJA INCUMBENT MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ALSO A POET IS ALREADY UNDER THE SCANNER FOR ALLOCATING SPECTRUM IN AN IRREGULAR MANNER DURING HIS MID-TERM STINT AS TELECOM MINISTER BACK TO: FEMALE VOICE Hi!. I got a message from Barkha Dutt just now. 1. A RAJA What? FEMALE VOICE Barkha Dutt. HOLD FRAME: V.O.G. BARKHA DUTT NEWS ANCHOR AND GROUP EDITOR NEW DELHI TELEVISION(NDTV) THIS COLUMBIA J-SCHOOL GRADUATE RECEIVED A PADMASHRI AND ALSO THE INDIAN NEWS BROADCASTING AWARD FOR THE MOST INTELLIGENT NEWS SHOW HOST SHE HAS BEEN NAMED AS ONE OF THE 100 GLOBAL LEADERS OF TOMORROW BY THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM AND HAS INSPIRED LEAD CHARACTERS IN TWO BOLLYWOOD FILMS LAKSHYA AND NO ONE KILLED JESSICA AND A NOVEL THE PEDDLER OF SOAPS BACK TO: A RAJA What does she say? FEMALE VOICE She says... that she has been following up the story with Prime Minister's Office since... (tired) In fact, she was the one who told me that Sonia Gandhi went there. She says that PM has no problem with you, but he has a problem with Baalu. HOLD FRAME: V.O.G. TR BAALU INCUMBENT MINISTER FOR SHIPPING TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS DMK LOYALIST WHO JOINED THE PARTY WHEN HE WAS 16 HIS HAM RADIO CALLSIGN IS VU2TRB BALU IS A BELIEVER IN NUMEROLOGY AND HAS CHANGED HIS NAME TO BAALU BACK TO: A RAJA But it has to be disclosed to Leader! NIIRA Ya, Ya... he has to discuss with the Leader. But then the question is about Azhagiri, no? HOLD FRAME: 2. V.O.G. AZHAGIRI SECOND SON OF DMK LEADER KARUNANIDHI FROM SECOND WIFE DAYALU AMMAL IN 2007 DINAKARAN THE NEWSPAPER RUN BY HIS COUSINS THE MARANS PUBLISHED A NIELSEN POLL THAT SAID THAT ONLY 2 PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS WANTED AZHAGIRI AS DMK SUCCESSOR 70 PERCENT WANTED HIS YOUNGER BROTHER STALIN HIS SUPPORTERS HAD BURNED DOWN THE OFFICE OF THE NEWSPAPER A US DIPLOMATIC CABLE WRITTEN THIS WEEK ON MAY 13 2009 REPORTS THAT AZHAGIRI HAD ENVELOPES WITH RUPEES 500 EACH DELIVERED TO ONE MILLION VOTERS ALONG WITH THE MORNING NEWSPAPER ON THE DAY OF VOTING IN HIS CONSTITUENCY OF MADURAI BACK TO: A RAJA What? NIIRA Azhagiri's people are saying that why is Maran getting Cabinet...When he is such a senior leader himself? HOLD FRAME: V.O.G. DAYANIDHI MARAN GRANDSON OF THE SISTER OF DMK LEADER KARUNANIDHI THIS HARVARD RETURNED POLITICIAN WAS THE TELECOM MINISTER FROM 2004 IN 2007 THE DMK LEADERSHIP ASKED HIM TO RESIGN FROM THE CABINET FOR VIOLATING PARTY DISCIPLINE AND TARNISHING THE PARTYS IMAGE AS THE NEWSPAPER RUN BY HIS BROTHER HAD PUBLISHED THE POLL THAT FAVOURED STALIN OVER AZHAGIRI AS DMK SUCCESSOR A RAJA THEN TOOK HIS PLACE AS TELECOM MINISTER BACK TO: A RAJA That is a different issue. But all these things must be explored and disclosed. NIIRA That's right. That's right. I told Barkha to get Congress... A RAJA At least, one to one, let it be disclosed to Leader. 3. NIIRA (Unsure) One to one? A RAJA One to one. Somebody should give a message to leader in a sealed cover saying, “We are having serious problems with Baalu”. NIIRA (doubtful) From Congress, right? A RAJA Haan! NIIRA OK, I'll tell her. She is talking to Ahmed Patel, so I will talk to her. HOLD FRAME: V.O.G. AHMED PATEL POLITICAL SECRETARY AND PUBLICITY SHY RIGHT-HAND MAN OF CONGRESS PRESIDENT SONIA GANDHI BACK TO: A RAJA Let him call, at least over the phone and say, “Sir, this is the problem. We are having high regards for Raja. The problem is Baalu”. Tell...! NIIRA Then how will you resolve the other problem? A RAJA Other problems we will take care of slowly, because now Leader comes down. NIIRA (not sure) Uh huh? A RAJA (interjecting) Don't worry. NIIRA Now Leader comes down to three, no? A RAJA Yes, comes down to three posts. You suggest...you send a message. 4. NIIRA Haan! FADE OUT FADE IN TITLE: SWEARING-IN WHISPERS V.O.G. VOTING FOR THE WORLDS LARGEST DEMOCRATIC POLLS THE 2009 GENERAL ELECTIONS ENDED ON MAY 13 RESULTS WERE DECLARED ON MAY 16 THE UNITED PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE (UPA) LED BY THE CONGRESS PARTY WAS BACK IN POWER FOR A SECOND TERM INTENSE HORSE-TRADING FOR CABINET BERTHS ENSUES THE FOLLOWING IS A TALE OF A A FEW DAYS THAT MAY FADE OUT SCENE 02 INT. BEDROOM. OAK DRIVE. CHHATARPUR. NEW DELHI. MORNING. A mostly dark and oversized bedroom. Long curtains are drawn close, but some sunlight is still cutting in. SOUNDTRACK: Pal, Pal, Pal, Pal from the film Lage Raho Munna Bhai. (Similar to the tune, ‘Theme for a dream’, by Cliff Richard.) FEMALE VOICE Pal pal pal pal, har pal har pal kaise katega pal, har pal har pal... OVERLAY TITLE CARD: 8:15 AM MALE VOICE Dil dil dil dil mein machi hai machi, machi hain... One of three phones on a bedside table is vibrating, very close to the edge. NIIRA RADIA (woman, 49) stirs in the bed. She grabs the ringing phone and peers at the caller ID. 5. NIIRA (muffled and sleepy) Yes, Sunil SUNIL ARORA Hello? NIIRA (still soft) Yes, Sunil HOLD FRAME: V.O.G. SUNIL ARORA EX-CHAIRMAN OF INDIAN AIRLINES AND INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES OFFICER 1980 BATCH BACK TO: SUNIL ARORA Hello? NIIRA (louder now) Yes Sunil! Hello? NIIRA tries to cover her eyes from the spill of light entering the room. SUNIL ARORA Hey, sorry. Were you sleeping? NIIRA (feigning) No, I woke up. SUNIL ARORA Ok, is he really leaving at 10 am? NIIRA Yes he’s going. SUNIL ARORA What? NIIRA Yes, he is going. SUNIL ARORA OK. NIIRA Basically, Congress has messed up a bit. 6. SUNIL ARORA Yes... NIIRA They wanted 4 cabinets. There is Azhagiri, no? He's quite a big leader from South India. SUNIL ARORA Ya, ya, The Madurai Guy! NIIRA Yes. You can't ignore him. SUNIL ARORA Yes. He is the eldest son, after all. By now NIIRA is sitting up in bed, fully awake. She reaches for a remote and points it. A large plasma screen blinks to life, its too loud. She mutes the volume. NIIRA You have to tell me that I'll give you three posts, then you have to let me decide who those three will be, right? SUNIL ARORA Yes. NIIRA That’s where it messed up. SUNIL ARORA Have they completely lost their heads in the last 48 hours?? NIIRA Who Congress? SUNIL ARORA Yes NIIRA A bit much, really! They did the same thing with Farooq Abdullah. HOLD FRAME: V.O.G. FAROOQ ABDULLAH HEAD OF NATIONAL CONFERENCE AND CHIEF MINISTER OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR MIFFED THAT HE WAS NOT GETTING THE CABINET BERTH THAT HE WANTED HE ANNOUNCED TO THE PRESS THAT HE WOULD NOT BE ATTENDING THE SWEARING-IN OF THE PRIME MINISTER AS HE HAD PLANS TO ATTEND THE IPL CRICKET MATCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA 7. BACK TO: SUNIL ARORA Yes NIIRA (pauses) Did Praful get aviation? HOLD FRAME: V.O.G. PRAFUL PATEL INCUMBENT CIVIL AVIATION MINISTER AND A VETERAN OF THE NATIONALIST CONGRESS PARTY(NCP) IN 2007 THE ECONOMIC TIMES NAMED HIM REFORMER OF THE YEAR IN 2006 INDIA TODAY RANKED HIM AS THE NUMBER ONE MINISTER IN 2004 DURING THE PREVIOUS POLLS THE NEWS OF HIM BEING GIVEN THE AVIATION PORTFOLIO HAD LEAKED BEFORE ANY OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT BACK TO: SUNIL ARORA I don't know. The papers and TV have been saying that since last night, that he's getting it. Rest, god alone knows! NIIRA Hmm. SUNIL ARORA Praful has back-up from two places, yaar! NIIRA Hmm SUNIL ARORA Plus, their links are all mixed up and entangled. NIIRA Hmm. SUNIL ARORA Their lines are too closely crossed with each other... NIIRA Hmm SUNIL ARORA Are you at home now? 8. NIIRA Yes SUNIL ARORA What is your landline number? NIIRA I'll just call you. It's 64612650. SUNIL ARORA Alright. NIIRA 5 minutes... NIIRA increases the volume on her TV, switching channels. Cricket is the dominant story and anchors and sports commentators talk excitedly about the IPL Semi-finals in Johannesburg. She lingers a bit. Then a long ticker on Headlines Today says “BREAKING TODAY. KARUNANIDHI: THE CONGRESS SEAT-SHARING FORMULA IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO US.
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